Akron then pushed the lead to 3-0 when Johnson fell to Pedroso at No. 2, 6-2, 6-3 and Grechkina lost to Knezevich at No. 3, 7-6, 6-4.

Ladutska put the Roos on the board with 7-6, 6-2 win at No. 1 over Vasilescu and Vale followed with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 4 over Ujanov.

Akron, however, would take the match as Ball fell at No. 5 to Echeverry and at No. 6, Lathouri lost to Wolfe, 6-3, 6-0.

Against the Tigers, Mizzou claimed the doubles point with a 6-0 win by Mackenz Middlebrooks and Ellie Wright at No. 3 over Vale and Lathouri, while at No. 2, Ladutska and Ball went down to Serena Nash and Clare Raley, 6-2. At No. 1, Grechkina and Johnson were trailing Taylor Gruber an Amina Ismail, 4-3, when the match was decided.

In singles play, Ladutska fell at No. 1, 6-2, 6-1 to Nash and at No. 3, Vale lost to Middlebrooks, 6-2, 6-1. The fourth Tiger point came at No. 4, where Grace Ball fell to Marta Oliveira, 6-2, 6-1.

At No. 2, Johnson was up 3-6, 5-0 over Wright when the match was decided.

The Blue & Gold will be back in action again on Friday when they take on Nebraska at 5 p.m. CT in Lincoln, Neb.